The next morning I wake up with a headache. I feel arms wrapped around me and I pull them off me. I climb out of bed and walk to the bathroom. I open the cabinet and pull out some painkillers. I swallow the pills with some water.

"Chloe," Jai yells. "Where are you?" I hear the panic in his voice.

"I'm in the bathroom."

Jai walks into the room and he wraps his arms around. "Please, let me know where you're going. I don't want anything to happen to you."

"I'm fine. I just have a headache. So, I had to take something for it." I pull away from him. "Let's make breakfast for everyone."

"Alright,"

Jai takes my hand and we walk into the kitchen.

We make breakfast for the family. When it's finished Jai knocks on everyone's door waking them up.

The family walks into the kitchen and they sit at the table.

Teresa walks over to me and she hugs me. "How are you?"

"I miss her."

She nods. "I know. She was a great girl. Even though I met her for an hour she seemed like the type of girl that could hold a family together."

I smile. "She did hold this family together. Now, it's up to us to continue holding it up."

I don't know what I want to do with my life now that Aleysa is gone.

Sitting at the table I look around at everyone.

Aleysa is supposed to be here.

I take a bite of the bacon and eggs and then I push the plate away.

Jai looks at me with concern in his eyes. "You need to eat."

"I'm not hungry." I rise. "I'll be in Aleysa's room." I walk away from the dining room and head towards Aleysa's room.

When I enter the room I see a brochure sitting on the nightstand. I walk over to it and pick it up.

There's a picture of a forest, lake, garden, a fountain and a room. The front of it says

I open it and read the information inside.

This place looks nice. I would love to go if I didn't have all the support and love from all the people that are sitting in the dining room.

Sitting on Aleysa's bed I go through the photos that are sitting on the nightstand. I see one of us with the Eiffel Tower behind us.

I loved that night. She made everything perfect.

The door opens to the room and I look up as Veronica enters the room. She walks over to the bed and she sits next to me. "That was a great night. I'm glad that I was there to see my son propose to the woman that he loves the most in the world." She touches my hand. "Jai would do anything for you, that's why he asked Aleysa for help with the Proposal. He knew he couldn't do it alone and he wanted to make sure everything was perfect for you."

Tears fall down my face. "I miss her so much Veronica. She was here yesterday and now she's gone. It feels like a piece of me has been taken away with her and I'm not going to get it back."

Veronica hugs me. "It will take time to move on from your sisters passing. What we should do today is spend the day talking about your sister. It will help everyone with the grieving process."

I smile. "I'm sure Aleysa would love for us to do that, but right now I would like to spend some time alone in her room."

"Alright," Veronica rises and she walks out the door. She closes the door.

I lie on the bed and look at the picture. My eyes begin to feel heavy and I fall asleep.

***

I wake to someone kissing my cheek. "Chloe, its time to wake up. Lunch is ready." I open my eyes and look at Jai. "I'm not hungry. I just want to sleep."

He puts a bottle of water on the nightstand table. "If you're not going to eat, can you at least drink some water?"

Taking the bottle off the table I open it. I take a sip and look at him. "Is that better?"

"Yes," he rises. "After lunch, Nate's going to play some videos of Aleysa. I think you should come out of this room to see it." He walks out of the room.

I hope Nate plays some of the videos of the times while I was in New York.

While I was in New York Mum sent me a video of Aleysa dancing. She was wearing a purple tutu and she was doing ballet. She was really good at it.

I missed out on a lot of things when I decided to live on the other side of the country.

The door to the bedroom opens and Nate steps into the room. He walks over to the bed and he sits next to me. "You need to come out of this room. It's not healthy for you to lock yourself away from the people that care about you."

"I'm coming out. Can you play one of the videos of the times I was in New York? She looked carefree in those ones."

He smiles. "I know which one I'm going to play. You'll love it. I promise." He walks out of the room.

I walk over to the window and see the paper sitting on the path. I walk outside and pick up the paper. I take the rubber band off it. I look at the front page.

The caption on the front page has me angry.

There's a picture of the proposal that I signed with Jai.

I stop reading the article and walk into the house. I walk to the dining table and slam the paper on the table in front of Jai. "Read the front page." I walk away from him.

***